Full Text of HB0355 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 21B-45 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-45) | 7 | | Sec. 21B-45. Professional Educator License renewal. | 8 | | (a) Individuals holding a Professional Educator License | 9 | | are required to complete the licensure renewal requirements as | 10 | | specified in this Section, unless otherwise provided in this | 11 | | Code. | 12 | | Individuals holding a Professional Educator License shall | 13 | | meet the renewal requirements set forth in this Section, unless | 14 | | otherwise provided in this Code. If an individual holds a | 15 | | license endorsed in more than one area that has different | 16 | | renewal requirements, that individual shall follow the renewal | 17 | | requirements for the position for which he or she spends the | 18 | | majority of his or her time working. | 19 | | (b) All Professional Educator Licenses not renewed as | 20 | | provided in this Section shall lapse on September 1 of that | 21 | | year. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, if | 22 | | a license holder's electronic mail address is available, the | 23 | | State Board of Education shall send him or her notification |
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| 1 | | electronically that his or her license will lapse if not | 2 | | renewed, to be sent no more than 6 months prior to the license | 3 | | lapsing. Lapsed licenses may be immediately reinstated upon (i) | 4 | | payment by the applicant of a $500 penalty to the State Board | 5 | | of Education or (ii) the demonstration of proficiency by | 6 | | completing 9 semester hours of coursework from a regionally | 7 | | accredited institution of higher education in the content area | 8 | | that most aligns with one or more of the educator's endorsement | 9 | | areas. Any and all back fees, including without limitation | 10 | | registration fees owed from the time of expiration of the | 11 | | license until the date of reinstatement, shall be paid and kept | 12 | | in accordance with the provisions in Article 3 of this Code | 13 | | concerning an institute fund and the provisions in Article 21B | 14 | | of this Code concerning fees and requirements for registration. | 15 | | Licenses not registered in accordance with Section 21B-40 of | 16 | | this Code shall lapse after a period of 6 months from the | 17 | | expiration of the last year of registration or on January 1 of | 18 | | the fiscal year following initial issuance of the license. An | 19 | | unregistered license is invalid after September 1 for | 20 | | employment and performance of services in an Illinois public or | 21 | | State-operated school or cooperative and in a charter school. | 22 | | Any license or endorsement may be voluntarily surrendered by | 23 | | the license holder. A voluntarily surrendered license, except a | 24 | | substitute teaching license issued under Section 21B-20 of this | 25 | | Code, shall be treated as a revoked license. An Educator | 26 | | License with Stipulations with only a paraprofessional |
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| 1 | | endorsement does not lapse.
| 2 | | (c) From July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in order to | 3 | | satisfy the requirements for licensure renewal provided for in | 4 | | this Section, each professional educator licensee with an | 5 | | administrative endorsement who is working in a position | 6 | | requiring such endorsement shall complete one Illinois | 7 | | Administrators' Academy course, as described in Article 2 of | 8 | | this Code, per fiscal year. | 9 | | (d) Beginning July 1, 2014, in order to satisfy the | 10 | | requirements for licensure renewal provided for in this | 11 | | Section, each professional educator licensee may create a | 12 | | professional development plan each year. The plan shall address | 13 | | one or more of the endorsements that are required of his or her | 14 | | educator position if the licensee is employed and performing | 15 | | services in an Illinois public or State-operated school or | 16 | | cooperative. If the licensee is employed in a charter school, | 17 | | the plan shall address that endorsement or those endorsements | 18 | | most closely related to his or her educator position. Licensees | 19 | | employed and performing services in any other Illinois schools | 20 | | may participate in the renewal requirements by adhering to the | 21 | | same process. | 22 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the | 23 | | licensee's professional development activities shall align | 24 | | with one or more of the following criteria: | 25 | | (1) activities are of a type that engage participants | 26 | | over a sustained period of time allowing for analysis, |
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| 1 | | discovery, and application as they relate to student | 2 | | learning, social or emotional achievement, or well-being; | 3 | | (2) professional development aligns to the licensee's | 4 | | performance; | 5 | | (3) outcomes for the activities must relate to student | 6 | | growth or district improvement; | 7 | | (4) activities align to State-approved standards;
and | 8 | | (5) higher education coursework. | 9 | | (e) For each renewal cycle, each professional educator | 10 | | licensee shall engage in professional development activities. | 11 | | Prior to renewal, the licensee shall enter electronically into | 12 | | the Educator Licensure Information System (ELIS) the name, | 13 | | date, and location of the activity, the number of professional | 14 | | development hours, and the provider's name. The following | 15 | | provisions shall apply concerning professional development | 16 | | activities: | 17 | | (1) Each licensee shall complete a total of 120 hours | 18 | | of professional development per 5-year renewal cycle in | 19 | | order to renew the license, except as otherwise provided in | 20 | | this Section. | 21 | | (2) Beginning with his or her first full 5-year cycle, | 22 | | any licensee with an administrative endorsement who is not | 23 | | working in a position requiring such endorsement is not | 24 | | required to complete Illinois Administrators' Academy | 25 | | courses, as described in Article 2 of this Code. Such | 26 | | licensees must complete one Illinois Administrators' |
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| 1 | | Academy course within one year after returning to a | 2 | | position that requires the administrative endorsement. | 3 | | (3) Any licensee with an administrative endorsement | 4 | | who is working in a position requiring such endorsement or | 5 | | an individual with a Teacher Leader endorsement serving in | 6 | | an administrative capacity at least 50% of the day shall | 7 | | complete one Illinois Administrators' Academy course, as | 8 | | described in Article 2 of this Code, each fiscal year in | 9 | | addition to 100 hours of professional development per | 10 | | 5-year renewal cycle in accordance with this Code. | 11 | | (4) Any licensee holding a current National Board for | 12 | | Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) master teacher | 13 | | designation shall complete a total of 60 hours of | 14 | | professional development per 5-year renewal cycle in order | 15 | | to renew the license. | 16 | | (5) Licensees working in a position that does not | 17 | | require educator licensure or working in a position for | 18 | | less than 50% for any particular year are considered to be | 19 | | exempt and shall be required to pay only the registration | 20 | | fee in order to renew and maintain the validity of the | 21 | | license. | 22 | | (6) Licensees who are retired and qualify for benefits | 23 | | from a State of Illinois retirement system shall notify the | 24 | | State Board of Education using ELIS, and the license shall | 25 | | be maintained in retired status. For any renewal cycle in | 26 | | which a licensee retires during the renewal cycle, the |
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| 1 | | licensee must complete professional development activities | 2 | | on a prorated basis depending on the number of years during | 3 | | the renewal cycle the educator held an active license. If a | 4 | | licensee retires during a renewal cycle, the licensee must | 5 | | notify the State Board of Education using ELIS that the | 6 | | licensee wishes to maintain the license in retired status | 7 | | and must show proof of completion of professional | 8 | | development activities on a prorated basis for all years of | 9 | | that renewal cycle for which the license was active. An | 10 | | individual with a license in retired status shall not be | 11 | | required to complete professional development activities | 12 | | or pay registration fees until returning to a position that | 13 | | requires educator licensure. Upon returning to work in a | 14 | | position that requires the Professional Educator License, | 15 | | the licensee shall immediately pay a registration fee and | 16 | | complete renewal requirements for that year. A license in | 17 | | retired status cannot lapse. Beginning on January 6, 2017 | 18 | | (the effective date of Public Act 99-920) through December | 19 | | 31, 2017, any licensee who has retired and whose license | 20 | | has lapsed for failure to renew as provided in this Section | 21 | | may reinstate that license and maintain it in retired | 22 | | status upon providing proof to the State Board of Education | 23 | | using ELIS that the licensee is retired and is not working | 24 | | in a position that requires a Professional Educator | 25 | | License. | 26 | | (7) For any renewal cycle in which professional |
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| 1 | | development hours were required, but not fulfilled, the | 2 | | licensee shall complete any missed hours to total the | 3 | | minimum professional development hours required in this | 4 | | Section prior to September 1 of that year. Professional | 5 | | development hours used to fulfill the minimum required | 6 | | hours for a renewal cycle may be used for only one renewal | 7 | | cycle. For any fiscal year or renewal cycle in which an | 8 | | Illinois Administrators' Academy course was required but | 9 | | not completed, the licensee shall complete any missed | 10 | | Illinois Administrators' Academy courses prior to | 11 | | September 1 of that year. The licensee may complete all | 12 | | deficient hours and Illinois Administrators' Academy | 13 | | courses while continuing to work in a position that | 14 | | requires that license until September 1 of that year. | 15 | | (8) Any licensee who has not fulfilled the professional | 16 | | development renewal requirements set forth in this Section | 17 | | at the end of any 5-year renewal cycle is ineligible to | 18 | | register his or her license and may submit an appeal to the | 19 | | State Superintendent of Education for reinstatement of the | 20 | | license. | 21 | | (9) If professional development opportunities were | 22 | | unavailable to a licensee, proof that opportunities were | 23 | | unavailable and request for an extension of time beyond | 24 | | August 31 to complete the renewal requirements may be | 25 | | submitted from April 1 through June 30 of that year to the | 26 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. If an |
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| 1 | | extension is approved, the license shall remain valid | 2 | | during the extension period. | 3 | | (10) Individuals who hold exempt licenses prior to | 4 | | December 27, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-610) | 5 | | shall commence the annual renewal process with the first | 6 | | scheduled registration due after December 27, 2013 (the | 7 | | effective date of Public Act 98-610). | 8 | | (11) Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 9 | | subsection (e), if a licensee earns more than the required | 10 | | number of professional development hours during a renewal | 11 | | cycle, then the licensee may carry over any hours earned | 12 | | from April 1 through June 30 of the last year of the | 13 | | renewal cycle. Any hours carried over in this manner must | 14 | | be applied to the next renewal cycle. Illinois | 15 | | Administrators' Academy courses or hours earned in those | 16 | | courses may not be carried over. | 17 | | (f) At the time of renewal, each licensee shall respond to | 18 | | the required questions under penalty of perjury. | 19 | | (g) The following entities shall be designated as approved | 20 | | to provide professional development activities for the renewal | 21 | | of Professional Educator Licenses: | 22 | | (1) The State Board of Education. | 23 | | (2) Regional offices of education and intermediate | 24 | | service centers. | 25 | | (3) Illinois professional associations representing | 26 | | the following groups that are approved by the State |
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| 1 | | Superintendent of Education: | 2 | | (A) school administrators; | 3 | | (B) principals; | 4 | | (C) school business officials; | 5 | | (D) teachers, including special education | 6 | | teachers; | 7 | | (E) school boards; | 8 | | (F) school districts; | 9 | | (G) parents; and | 10 | | (H) school service personnel. | 11 | | (4) Regionally accredited institutions of higher | 12 | | education that offer Illinois-approved educator | 13 | | preparation programs and public community colleges subject | 14 | | to the Public Community College Act. | 15 | | (5) Illinois public school districts, charter schools | 16 | | authorized under Article 27A of this Code, and joint | 17 | | educational programs authorized under Article 10 of this | 18 | | Code for the purposes of providing career and technical | 19 | | education or special education services. | 20 | | (6) A not-for-profit organization that, as of December | 21 | | 31, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act 98-1147), has | 22 | | had or has a grant from or a contract with the State Board | 23 | | of Education to provide professional development services | 24 | | in the area of English Learning to Illinois school | 25 | | districts, teachers, or administrators. | 26 | | (7) State agencies, State boards, and State |
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| 1 | | commissions. | 2 | | (8) Museums as defined in Section 10 of the Museum | 3 | | Disposition of Property Act. | 4 | | (h) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this Section | 5 | | shall make available professional development opportunities | 6 | | that satisfy at least one of the following: | 7 | | (1) increase the knowledge and skills of school and | 8 | | district leaders who guide continuous professional | 9 | | development; | 10 | | (2) improve the learning of students; | 11 | | (3) organize adults into learning communities whose | 12 | | goals are aligned with those of the school and district; | 13 | | (4) deepen educator's content knowledge; | 14 | | (5) provide educators with research-based | 15 | | instructional strategies to assist students in meeting | 16 | | rigorous academic standards; | 17 | | (6) prepare educators to appropriately use various | 18 | | types of classroom assessments; | 19 | | (7) use learning strategies appropriate to the | 20 | | intended goals; | 21 | | (8) provide educators with the knowledge and skills to | 22 | | collaborate; or | 23 | | (9) prepare educators to apply research to | 24 | | decision-making ; or . | 25 | | (10) provide educators with training on inclusive | 26 | | practices in the classroom that examines instructional and |
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| 1 | | behavioral strategies that improve academic and | 2 | | social-emotional outcomes for all students, with or | 3 | | without disabilities, in a general education setting. | 4 | | (i) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this Section | 5 | | shall do the following: | 6 | | (1) align professional development activities to the | 7 | | State-approved national standards for professional | 8 | | learning; | 9 | | (2) meet the professional development criteria for | 10 | | Illinois licensure renewal; | 11 | | (3) produce a rationale for the activity that explains | 12 | | how it aligns to State standards and identify the | 13 | | assessment for determining the expected impact on student | 14 | | learning or school improvement; | 15 | | (4) maintain original documentation for completion of | 16 | | activities; | 17 | | (5) provide license holders with evidence of | 18 | | completion of activities; and | 19 | | (6) request an Illinois Educator Identification Number | 20 | | (IEIN) for each educator during each professional | 21 | | development activity. | 22 | | (j) The State Board of Education shall conduct annual | 23 | | audits of a subset of approved providers, except for school | 24 | | districts, which shall be audited by regional offices of | 25 | | education and intermediate service centers. The State Board of | 26 | | Education shall ensure that each approved provider, except for |
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| 1 | | a school district, is audited at least once every 5 years. The | 2 | | State Board of Education may conduct more frequent audits of | 3 | | providers if evidence suggests the requirements of this Section | 4 | | or administrative rules are not being met. The State Board of | 5 | | Education shall complete random audits of licensees. | 6 | | (1) (Blank). | 7 | | (2) Approved providers shall comply with the | 8 | | requirements in subsections (h) and (i) of this Section by | 9 | | annually submitting data to the State Board of Education | 10 | | demonstrating how the professional development activities | 11 | | impacted one or more of the following: | 12 | | (A) educator and student growth in regards to | 13 | | content knowledge or skills, or both; | 14 | | (B) educator and student social and emotional | 15 | | growth; or | 16 | | (C) alignment to district or school improvement | 17 | | plans. | 18 | | (3) The State Superintendent of Education shall review | 19 | | the annual data collected by the State Board of Education, | 20 | | regional offices of education, and intermediate service | 21 | | centers in audits to determine if the approved provider has | 22 | | met the criteria and should continue to be an approved | 23 | | provider or if further action should be taken as provided | 24 | | in rules. | 25 | | (k) Registration fees shall be paid for the next renewal | 26 | | cycle between April 1 and June 30 in the last year of each |
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| 1 | | 5-year renewal cycle using ELIS. If all required professional | 2 | | development hours for the renewal cycle have been completed and | 3 | | entered by the licensee, the licensee shall pay the | 4 | | registration fees for the next cycle using a form of credit or | 5 | | debit card. | 6 | | (l) Any professional educator licensee endorsed for school | 7 | | support personnel who is employed and performing services in | 8 | | Illinois public schools and who holds an active and current | 9 | | professional license issued by the Department of Financial and | 10 | | Professional Regulation or a national certification board, as | 11 | | approved by the State Board of Education, related to the | 12 | | endorsement areas on the Professional Educator License shall be | 13 | | deemed to have satisfied the continuing professional | 14 | | development requirements provided for in this Section. Such | 15 | | individuals shall be required to pay only registration fees to | 16 | | renew the Professional Educator License. An individual who does | 17 | | not hold a license issued by the Department of Financial and | 18 | | Professional Regulation shall complete professional | 19 | | development requirements for the renewal of a Professional | 20 | | Educator License provided for in this Section. | 21 | | (m) Appeals to the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 22 | | Board
must be made within 30 days after receipt of notice from | 23 | | the State Superintendent of Education that a license will not | 24 | | be renewed based upon failure to complete the requirements of | 25 | | this Section. A licensee may appeal that decision to the State | 26 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board in a manner prescribed |
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| 1 | | by rule. | 2 | | (1) Each appeal shall state the reasons why the State | 3 | | Superintendent's decision should be reversed and shall be | 4 | | sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the | 5 | | State Board of Education. | 6 | | (2) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board | 7 | | shall review each appeal regarding renewal of a license | 8 | | within 90 days after receiving the appeal in order to | 9 | | determine whether the licensee has met the requirements of | 10 | | this Section. The State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 11 | | Board may hold an appeal hearing or may make its | 12 | | determination based upon the record of review, which shall | 13 | | consist of the following: | 14 | | (A) the regional superintendent of education's | 15 | | rationale for recommending nonrenewal of the license, | 16 | | if applicable; | 17 | | (B) any evidence submitted to the State | 18 | | Superintendent along with the individual's electronic | 19 | | statement of assurance for renewal; and | 20 | | (C) the State Superintendent's rationale for | 21 | | nonrenewal of the license. | 22 | | (3) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board | 23 | | shall notify the licensee of its decision regarding license | 24 | | renewal by certified mail, return receipt requested, no | 25 | | later than 30 days after reaching a decision. Upon receipt | 26 | | of notification of renewal, the licensee, using ELIS, shall |
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| 1 | | pay the applicable registration fee for the next cycle | 2 | | using a form of credit or debit card. | 3 | | (n) The State Board of Education may adopt rules as may be | 4 | | necessary to implement this Section. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 99-58, eff. 7-16-15; 99-130, eff. 7-24-15; | 6 | | 99-591, eff. 1-1-17; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-920, eff. 1-6-17; | 7 | | 100-13, eff. 7-1-17; 100-339, eff. 8-25-17; 100-596, eff. | 8 | | 7-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
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